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Sweden’s Right-Wing Opposition Takes Narrow Election Lead

Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson, who spoke at an election-watch event on Sunday, said, ‘We really are a big party today.’Photo: jonathan nackstrand/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

The nationalist Sweden Democrats took their biggest-ever share of votes in a general election Sunday, with preliminary results giving the center-right bloc of parties a slim majority over the incumbent center-left government.

However a large number of overseas and postal votes are still to be counted, and the outcome could change, with a definitive result not expected for several days.

Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/swedens-right-wing-opposition-takes-narrow-election-lead-11662940522